- Gross: 'We need to tackle better' (High School Sports ~ 09/25/08)
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Glen M. Osborn
(Obituary ~ 09/25/08)
Jan. 1, 1919 - Sept. 22, 2008 BENKELMAN - Glen M. Osborn, 89, died Monday (Sept. 22, 2008) at Dundy County Hospital in Benkelman. He was born Jan. 1, 1919, in rural Dundy County to Orlando and Freda (Gunther) Osborn. His mother died when he was five years old and his father died five years later. His Uncle Ora and Aunt Agnes took him and his sisters in and cared for them...
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Officials expect a record turnout
(Local News ~ 09/25/08)
Red Willow County Clerk Pauletta Gerver said officials are expecting a record turnout for the Nov. 4 general election. Already, a large number of absentee ballots have been requested from her office, Gerver said. These will be sent out as soon as her office receives them from the state, probably sometime next week, she said...
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Heritage Days: Wiemers family, Anne Morse, Col. Townsend honored
(Local News ~ 09/25/08)
Red Willow County Clerk Pauletta Gerver said officials are expecting a record turnout for the Nov. 4 general election. Already, a large number of absentee ballots have been requested from her office, Gerver said. These will be sent out as soon as her office receives them from the state, probably sometime next week, she said...
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Book recounts Palisade man's obsession with riches
(Local News ~ 09/25/08)
Author Alison Krotter Johnson of Topsham, Maine, sent postcards to Palisade residents this summer, letting them know that copies of her book will be available at a booth in space 45 in Norris Park during McCook's Heritage Days Saturday and Sunday. Johnson herself, a native of Palisade, won't be there as she had originally planned, being extremely cautious of the shaky state of America's economy. She said this morning in a phone call that she's been told, "Maybe your father was right ... "...
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Keep germ lab quarantined
(Letter to the Editor ~ 09/25/08)
Scientists, farmers and government officials for 80 years have kept the U.S. mainland free of the virus that causes foot-and-mouth disease -- a horrific, highly contagious killer of cloven-footed livestock such as cattle. But our government may soon bring the virus onto the mainland on purpose...
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The rescue of the princess
(Column ~ 09/25/08)
With the advent of autumn comes the season of celestial royalty, the king and queen of the sky. Refering of course to the queen, Cassiopeia and the king Cepheus (pronounced SEE'-fee-us). The pair can be found high in the northern sky at about 8 p.m. by using our old friends, Dubhe and Merak, the pointer stars in the outer edge of the Big Dipper...
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No danger from risky behavior in high-wire acts
(Editorial ~ 09/25/08)
Magician David Blaine wowed the audience by jumping to the ground in his "Dive of Death" Wednesday night after hanging upside down for 60 hours in New York's Central Park. Except he didn't. The modern-day Houdini actually came down every hour or so to go to the bathroom, get a drink of water, and be checked over by doctors. Yes, his blood pressure was fine, and all his internal organs were functioning normally...
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